Esther Cohen
By Esther Cohen
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Food Wine Chat With Golan Heights Winery
For Israeli wines, it has been an uphill battle to gain recognition in the world wine community. But a recent announcement gave it a big leg up. Wine Enthusiast, the leading wine magazine, named Golan Heights Winery as the New World Winery of the Year. In the late 1970’s a young, ambitious winemaker, Victor Schoenfeld,…
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Food 10 Delicious Kosher Wines for Under $21
It seems like a daunting task, choosing a bottle of wine. What variety? Which region? What food to pair with your choice? And can you get something good for a reasonable price? Buying kosher wine makes all of this even more complicated, as many stores have a limited selection and lack knowledge of quality kosher…
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Food Delightful Sips From the Israeli Wine Tasting Festival
For the small but budding wine community of Israel (and many local revelers), The Israel Wine Festival at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem is the pinnacle event of the year. Friends and celebrities — close to 10,000 of them — mingle outside between the museum’s buildings and trees. Wines from around the country were poured,…
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Food Going Once, Twice, Sold: Kestenbaum’s Kosher Wine Auction
For serious wine collectors, wine auctions are nothing new. Fine bottles can go for hundreds or even thousands of dollars at auction houses like Christie’s in New York. But for the most part, the kosher wine collector has been left out of this world. This will start to change this summer as Kestenbaum and Company,…
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